The exhibitions Urgent Conversations: Athens–Antwerp and Urgent Conversations: Antwerp – Athens are a collaboration between EMST and M HKA, a theoretical and visual dialogue, based on works from the collections of both museums, which includes more than 70 works structured in 22 topics.   

28.04.2017 - 07.01.2018        

M HKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen - Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerpen

EMST, National Museum of Contemporary Art - Kallirrois Avenue & Amvr. Frantzi Str., Athens 11743

Danny Matthys

image: (c) M HKA, Courtesy van de kunstenaar
88 polaroidprints, installatie Meerseniersstraat, 1976
Photography , 174.5 x 102.5 cm
Black-and-white photos, prints of Polaroid negatives

Danny Matthys sees each work as part of a larger process. This way, each individual work can always be reused to create another work.

Matthys is one of the first artists to use Polaroid photography, exploring the many possibilities the medium has to offer.

Matthys tries to break through the limitations of time/space perception. This research takes shape in a series of photographs, Polaroid structures and video installations. He uses these  media as neutral as possible. Uncovering structures takes precedence over aesthetics. It is Matthys's objective to make the viewer clearly aware of the (complexity of) visual perception.